Published by Angus on 03 Mar 2010

Don’t trust Charity Navigator too much

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Beware of reading too much into a nonprofit’s Charity Navigator rating. They don’t measure outcomes, they don’t rate most smaller, grassroots organizations, and they are based on questionable financial data. Worst of all, they create perverse incentives that can hurt rather then help the nonprofit sector.
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Published by Peggy on 13 Aug 2009

Volunteering that works

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Are you leveraging the potential of volunteers within your organization? Volunteers are a wonderful asset, bringing skill sets you may not have, as well as, new perspective and practices. We share some of our experience recruiting and making the best use of volunteers. › Continue reading…

    

Published by Angus on 13 Mar 2009

Welcome to the WiserEarth Blog

WiserEarth is in the business of ‘connecting people to communities of action’. Along the way we realized that people need help creating and managing these communities, especially when they have a significant portion of their life ‘online’ as opposed to ‘onlife’. This blog will showcase examples of successful community building and some of the learning we have picked up along the way while advising community managers and supporting the wider WiserEarth membership of over 20,000 people. If you are looking for specific help on community building look at our resources pages.

Thank you for the work you do,

Angus, Peggy, Bowo, Camilla, and the WiserEarth Community. › Continue reading…